Lunar materials from the visible to mid-infrared: The effects of space weathering

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 981-989

  Pieters, Carle M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LUNAR CRUST; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

EID: 0032455937     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465249     Document Type: Article

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